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Staff Profile

Jummah Abdulwali

  • Email: jummah.abdulwali@ncl.ac.uk
  • Address: Newcastle University
    School of Engineering
    Merz Court
    NE1 7RU
    E4.10
    Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering (SAgE)
    Telephone 0044 191 208 7208

Background

Visible light communication, Optical Communication, Signal Processing and Wireless Sensor Network.

Background

Dr Jummha Abdulwali received a Ph.D. in electrical and electronics engineering from Newcastle University, UK, in 2023, an M.Sc. in microelectronic and communications engineering from Northumbria University, UK, in 2015, and a B.Sc. in electrical and electronics engineering from Garyounis University (now University of Benghazi), Libya, in 1999.

He currently serves as a Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Newcastle University, where they are responsible for delivering engaging teaching and research programs. Prior to this, they held positions at Newcastle College and the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Technology in Benghazi, where they taught a variety of subjects, including optical wireless communication and circuit theory. Jummha’s research has been widely published, with notable works in visible light communication (VLC) and C-OFDM technologies.

 

Previous Positions 

  • Lecturer (Newcastle University) 4/2024 - present
  • Lecturer in Engineering (Newcastle College) 10/2023–3/2024
  • Teaching Fellow / MSc project supervisor (Newcastle University) 2019 - 2023
  • Assistant Lecturer (Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Technology-Benghazi) 2016-2019
  • Lab Instructor / Administrator (Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Technology-Benghazi) 1999-2014

Languages:

  • Arabic

Memberships:

  • Member of the Signal Processing and Wireless Sensor Network research group: 
  • Member of the IEEE the UK and Ireland section.
  • Member of IEEE Photonics Society Members.


ORCiD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-0417

Teaching

Undergraduate Supervision / Teaching

  • ENG1002 Circuit Manufacture Basic Instrumentation
  • EEE2009 Signals and Communications
  • SFY0012 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • SFY0009 Foundation Year Project


MSc Postgraduate Supervision / Teaching

  • MSc Postgraduate Supervision: EEE8097: Individual Project, 
  • EEE8119 Wired and Wireless Communication Network
  • EEE8128 Communications and Signal Processing
  • EEE8191 Digital Signal Processing
  • EEE8129 Intelligent Signal Processing
  • EEE8121 Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks 
Research

Research Interests

  • Visible light communication
  • Optical Communication
  • Signal Processing and Wireless Sensor Network
  • Signal waveform design (wireless, optical and wireless-optical)
  • Communication systems (4G/5G/6G): system modelling and implementation
  • Artificial intelligence (machine learning & deep learning)
  • Next-generation Internet of Things IoT
  • Secure communications (wireless, optical and wireless-optical)
  • Novel modulation format design
  • Signal processing, algorithm development and mathematical modelling
  • Power electronic.
  • Program Logic Control PLC


Publications